Search our database of all past CCSS grantees, fellows, collaborative projects, and working group grants.
First Name | Last Name | Department / School Sort ascending | Project Title | Abstract/Impact Statement | Year | Semester | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type |
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Jeff | Niederdeppe | Communication | Narrative, Metaphor and Inoculation: Communication Theory to Promote Multi-Sector Approaches to Improving Health | This project laid the groundwork for three subsequent successful grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (from 2018-2020) totaling over $600,000 in funding. Combined, these have supported three PhD students and produced three published papers (and 5 others in process) | 2014 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Jeff | Niederdeppe | Communication | Using Personal Stories to Raise Support for Social Policies to Reduce Obesity | This grant laid the groundwork for a major thread in my research program. This project laid the foundation for at least 30 peer-reviewed research papers and 8 external funded grants totalling over $1 million, largely from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. |
2008 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Megan | Sawey | Communication | (Re)Defining Deception in Sugar Dating: An Exploration of Digital Scam Culture | This project will expand our understanding of online romance scams and broader internet fraud by investigating a.) the varied ways deception is constructed in sugar relationship discourses and practices, and b.) the varied roles of digital platforms in defining, aiding, and/or preventing interpersonal deception. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Monica | Cornejo | Communication | Post COVID-19: The Social, Health, and Educational Experiences of Latina/o/x Undocumented College Students | This project will explore undocumented college students' social, health, and educational experiences post COVID-19. Sixty semi-structured interviews will be conducted with undocumented undergraduates from (1) a west coast community college; (2) a south-central public university; and (3) an east coast ivy league university.
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2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Catherine | Lambert | Communication | Advancing Trans-Atlantic Research on Renewable Energy Transitions: The Case of Deep Geothermal | Transitions to renewable energy systems will falter if inadequate attention is paid to public engagement with promising new technologies like deep geothermal systems. This project investigates public opinion about deep geothermal to advance social science research on this topic and solidify a policy-engaged, trans-Atlantic collaboration. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Brooke Erin | Duffy | Communication | Creators, Platforms, and the New Politics of Visibility | Drawing upon in-depth interviews with participants in the digital Creator Economy, this research examines the promises, perils, and paradoxes of the platform-dependent labor. In so doing, this project considers how platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch may enable—or, conversely, thwart—a new politics of visibility. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Katherine | Miller | Communication | Prosocial Behaviors in the Digital Age | This team has generated over $900,000 in grants and 45 publications thus far, including 1 book. Research topics include the Social Media TestDrive project, fact-checking dynamics on Reddit, diverse participation in online education, underestimating others' willingness to help, and encouraging bystander interventions on social media. | 2018-2021 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Andrea | Stevenson Won | Communication | Social Interactions in Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Pain | Work related to this fellowship was put on hold due to pandemic constraints; was restarted in the fall of 2021, and is ongoing. Preliminary results have been used to support an NIH grant application. |
2020-2021 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Colten | Meisner | Communication | Independent News Production in the Platform Economy: Digital Journalists, Social Media Creators, and the Labor of Subscription Platforms | This project examines how the labor of journalism is being reconfigured through the structures and incentives of the social media economy. Specifically, I consider how subscription platforms like Substack, which successfully serve both digital journalists and social media creators, are shaping future news cultures.
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2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Katherine | McComas | Communication | Advancing Trans-Atlantic Research on Renewable Energy Transitions: The Case of Deep Geothermal | Transitions to renewable energy systems will falter if inadequate attention is paid to public engagement with promising new technologies like deep geothermal systems. This project investigates public opinion about deep geothermal to advance social science research on this topic and solidify a policy-engaged, trans-Atlantic collaboration. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Katherine | McComas | Communication | Risk Communication and Lung Cancer Screening | Led to one conference presentation and an NIH grant proposal, which was not funded. |
2007 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Jonathon | Schuldt | Communication | Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Through Food | 2021 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Danielle | Eiseman | Communication | Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Through Food | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Andrea | Stevenson Won | Communication | The Effects of Avatar Appearance and Customization on Embodied Applications | 2019 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Andrea | Stevenson Won | Communication | Presence in Mediated Social Interactions Leads to Absence from the Here and Now | First paper resulting from the research funded by this award is currently undergoing second round of review after revision; part of basis for NSF grant rated highly competitive |
2017 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | Expertise Recognition in Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Groups: The Impact of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication | This project has resulted in 5 publications examining cross-cultural dynamics in group collaboration, with a focus on expertise recognition, communication accommodation, influence processes, and language proficiency. |
2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Drew | Margolin | Communication | The Dissemination and Refutation of Rumor | This project initiated Margolin’s research into fake news and fact-checking, resulting in the publication “Get Back! You Don’t Know Me Like That: The Social Mediation of Fact Checking Interventions in Twitter Conversations,” the first of several on this topic. | 2013 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Drew | Margolin | Communication | The Spread of Misinformation: Motivations and Remedies | With time and collaborative feedback afforded by his 2019 CCSS Fellowship, Drew Margolin developed a functional theory of misinformation. A paper outlining the theory--The Theory of Informative Fictions: A Character-Based Approach to False News and Other Misinformation—is forthcoming in the journal Communication Theory. | 2018-2019 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Drew | Margolin | Communication | Prosocial Behaviors in the Digital Age | This team has generated over $900,000 in grants and 45 publications thus far, including 1 book. Research topics include the Social Media TestDrive project, fact-checking dynamics on Reddit, diverse participation in online education, underestimating others' willingness to help, and encouraging bystander interventions on social media. | 2018-2021 | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Katherine | McComas | Communication | Promoting Conservation of a Risk-Laden Species using One Health Risk Messaging: The Case of White Nose Syndrome in Bats | This grant resulted in one presentation and peer-reviewed publication. | 2017 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Aparajita | Bhandari | Communication | Communicative Labor and Community Care in Times of Crisis: The Case of VaxHuntersCanada | This project engages in a multi-method exploration of the hidden labor of building digitally mediated collectives through a case study of VaxHuntersCanada's social media channels, a large volunteer run online community created to help people find vaccine appointments during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | The Development of Social Capital and Transactive Memories Systems in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work | 2005 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
William D. | Schulze | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Impact of Social Eating Patterns on Workplace Productivity and Organizational Commitment: Initiating a Program of Firefighter Research | This field-based research yielded the most-read article in the journal, _Human Performance_ (doi: 10.1080/08959285.2015.1021049) and popular write-ups including a feature-story in _Harvard Business Review_ (December 2015 issue). | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Todd | Schmit | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Secondary Effects of Biofuels Demands: Implications for Feed and Livestock | Led to a publication in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review entitled the Implications of Growing Biofuels Demands on Northeast Livestock Feed Costs, with L. Verteramo and W. Tomek, April 2009. The research was used extensively in numerous Extension presentations in New York State. | 2007 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Joshua | Woodard | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Farm Bill Dairy Title Milk Producer Survey in NY State | 2013 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Daniela | Scur | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Capacity to be Aggressive: Structured Management and Tax Behaviors or Firms | 2019 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Kevin | Kniffin | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Teamwork, Leadership, and Convergence Skills as Avenues for Success for STEM Doctoral Students and Programs | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Ben | Leyden | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | A Platform-wide Analysis of Firm Responses to Platform-owner | 2020 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Shanjun | Li | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Employment Effects of Green Investment: the Case of Solar and Wind Electricity Generation | 2011 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Todd | Schmit | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Estimating the Impact of Alternative Canopy Management Practices on White Wine Purchase Decisions | Led to a publication in the Journal of Agricultural Economics entitled the Consumer Valuation of Environmentally Friendly Production Practices in Wines considering Asymmetric Information and Sensory Effects, with B. Rickard and J. Taber, 2013. The research results were used extensively in Extension presentations in New York State. | 2010 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Shanjun | Li | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | China's Cities: Divisions and Plans | This 5-person project team secured $340,000 in external funding and produced over a dozen publications during their 3-year project term. Research topics included the auto industry, nationalist protests, the impact of urban air pollution, China’s industrial policy, and the politics of urban services for migrant labor. | 2016-2019 | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | Collaborative Project | |
Michael | Roach | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship | This project garnered over 2 million in funding, produced over 100 publications on topics including entrepreneurial team evolution; creativity evaluation; intellectual property rights; and scholarly originality. It was a catalyst for the Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship LLM degree and the undergraduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor. | 2013-2016 | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | Collaborative Project | |
Ariel | Ortiz-Bobea | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Can public institutions resolve information asymmetries? Historical evidence from the French wine market | This grant led to a paper "How big is the “lemons” problem? Historical evidence from French wines" (European Economic Review, 2021) and the publication of a new historical department-level dataset of French wine production and price data for 1907–1969. |
2014 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Jeffrey | Prince | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Assessing Gender Differences in Time Consistency | 2006 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Sarah E. | Wolfolds | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Employee Incentives in Microfinance Institutions:Examining the Importance of Diversification and Profit Status | The survey was included in a paper awarded the Charles H. Levine Best Conference Paper from the Public and Nonprofit Division, presented at the Academy of Management in Chicago in August 2018. Follow-up grants were awarded to continue this project, and further publications are pending. | 2016 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Bradley | Rickard | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Estimating the Impact of Alternative Canopy Management Practices on White Wine Purchase Decisions | Led to a publication in the Journal of Agricultural Economics entitled the Consumer Valuation of Environmentally Friendly Production Practices in Wines considering Asymmetric Information and Sensory Effects, with B. Rickard and J. Taber, 2013. The research results were used extensively in Extension presentations in New York State. | 2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
John | Doris | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Moral Values and Perceptions of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery | 2020 | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | COVID_19 Grant | ||
Edith | Liu | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Do international bond markets diversify portfolio risk? | 2010 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Yanyan | Liu | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Targeting and Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | This small grant generated multiple peer-reviewed articles, in for example World Bank Economic Review, World Development, Economic & Political Weekly. | 2012 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Edith | Liu | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The effect of globalization on bank operations and borrowing costs | 2013 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Brian | Wansink | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Impact of Social Eating Patterns on Workplace Productivity and Organizational Commitment: Initiating a Program of Firefighter Research | This field-based research yielded the most-read article in the journal, _Human Performance_ (doi: 10.1080/08959285.2015.1021049) and popular write-ups including a feature-story in _Harvard Business Review_ (December 2015 issue). | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
William | Tomek | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Secondary Effects of Biofuels Demands: Implications for Feed and Livestock | Led to a publication in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review entitled the Implications of Growing Biofuels Demands on Northeast Livestock Feed Costs, with L. Verteramo and W. Tomek, April 2009. The research was used extensively in numerous Extension presentations in New York State. | 2007 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
David | Ng | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Picking Stocks for Fun or Buying Stock Funds: The Portfolio Choices of U.S Individual Investors | This grant helps our research in individuals' investments in mutual funds, and results in a publication of "behavioral biases of mutual fund investors" in Journal of Financial Economics 2011, vol 102, 1-27. This paper has been cited over 350 times. | 2006 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Shanjun | Li | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Measuring the Economic and Environmental Consequences of COVID-19 | 2020 | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | COVID_19 Grant | ||
Kevin | Kniffin | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Moral Values and Perceptions of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery | 2020 | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | COVID_19 Grant | ||
Calum | Turvey | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The John Lossing Buck Project | This grant was used to conduct field research and background research on John Lossing Buck and agriculture in China’s Republican era. The grant was used to support publication of two books. 1) Fu, Hong and Calum G. Turvey (2018) “The Evolution of Agricultural Credit During China’s Republican Era, 1912-1949”. Palgrave McMillan 2) Hu, Hao, Funing Zhong and Calum G. Turvey (2019) “Chinese Agriculture in the 1930’s: Investigations into John Lossing Buck’s Rediscovered ‘Land Use in China’ Microdata”, Palgrave McMillan. * | 2012 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Sharon | Poctzer | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Measuring the Impact of Firm's Resource Misallocation on Growth in Developing Economies: Evidence from Indonesia | 2013 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Garrick | Blalock | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Can an Improved Sales Contract Speed Adoption of Improved Stoves? | 2010 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant | |
Miguel | Gomez | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Welfare Impacts of Participation in the Relationship Coffee Model among Colombian Smallholder Growers | This collaborative effort across multiple Cornell units examined economic, social and environmental impacts of specialty coffee value chains, titled “Quality as a driver of sustainable agricultural value chains: The case of the relationship coffee model” in Business Strategy and the Environment (Hernandez et al. 2018) | 2013 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Aija | Leiponen | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | (When) Should Knowledge Be Controlled? Knowledge Spillovers and Firms’ Innovation Behavior | This project led to several publications (Leiponen 2006a, 2006b, 2008, and with Byma 2009) on organizational arrangements to protect knowledge assets in cooperative innovation. It showed how knowledge-based services can be commercialized while protecting core knowledge, and innovation can be encouraged by appropriate control rights. | 2005 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
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